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The Baltimore sports scene is blessed with a bunch of talented bloggers who bring their unique perspective to the conversation. Each week, I hope to chat with one of them in a regular feature called Blogger on Blogger. This week, we exchanged emails with Peter Hassett, who blogs about the Washington Capitals for Russian Machine Never Breaks. MV: The first couple of months of the season were not friendly to the Capitals, but they have been playing well in recent weeks and with four straight wins have climbed to the top of the Southeast Division. What do you think has been the biggest reason for the turnaround? PH: That's an easy one. It's Alex Ovechkin. Judging by his...

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The Baltimore sports scene is blessed with a bunch of talented bloggers who bring their unique perspective to the conversation. Each week, I hope to chat with one of them in a regular feature called Blogger on Blogger. This week, we exchanged...

A day after helping beat the Washington Capitals, defenseman Tim Gleason was traded to them. The Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday sent Gleason to the Caps in exchange for defenseman Jack Hillen and a fourth-round pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft....

David Poile made an impressive splash on the NHL trade market earlier this month. The Nashville Predators general manager knows better than to make any assurances he's done altering his NHL-leading lineup. "I can say to you right now, I don't feel...

GLENDALE, Ariz. One has to believe that at some point Friday night likely between the first and second periods the San Jose Sharks, and Joe Pavelski in particular, decided that they had just about enough of their losing streak. Pavelski had three...

ST. LOUIS The Blues didn't have the same kind of breathing room against Arizona Tuesday that they enjoyed in two prior matchups this season. After two lopsided victories, outscoring the Coyotes by a combined 12-1, the Blues escaped with a 2-1 win in...

GLENDALE, Ariz. The Detroit Red Wings have this down pat: Power-play conversions, penalty killers do their duty, Petr Mrazek has a strong night, and voila, another pair of points banked. It worked to effect a 3-1 victory against the Arizona...

VANCOUVER, Canada — Anyone who saw John Tortorella's testy, 20-second news conferences when he coached the New York Rangers might have been shocked Monday when he conducted a cordial 20-minute session before the Canucks' morning skate at Rogers Arena.
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SOCHI, Russia — It wasn’t an official game, just a spirited and quick-paced scrimmage Tuesday for the U.S. women’s hockey team against Germany on the Olympic practice rink.
But it was as close as Amanda Kessel has come to playing a meaningful match since...